British show for young children first shown as part of the ‘Watch with Mother’ strand. First transmitted on the BBC on the 14th March 1958. Puppet voices provided by Peter Hawkins and Josefina Ray.
In the Public Domain under the UK 50 year broadcast copyright laws.
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mgdwcb
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April 19, 2024 Subject:
That Piano Introduction
For years I searched for the wonderful introduction piano piece, which haunted me for years. The music is, in fact, part of "So lokka me over den myra"
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Norwegian folk songs and dances for piano, Opus 17 by Edvard Grieg!
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READGRAHAM
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December 25, 2018 Subject:
When i was a boy
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Being British i was bought up on these programmes, i was four years old when this episode was first shown.it was fun watching them again 58 years later
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JASCA
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August 17, 2013 Subject:
Date question
This is not a review but a question. I found myself checking out the Woodentops through researching something else, and ended up having a minor dispute
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with Wikipedia. The first transmission date is quoted here as the 14th March, 1968, but consensus seems to have it as the 9th September, 1955. Can someone confirm which is correct?
Reviewer:
ChrisTyne
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September 5, 2011 Subject:
The Woodentops (Horseshoe)
This is an beautifully presented, Watch with Mother, resource of a well loved British Puppet Show, that I watched every single week as a child. Without
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this precious resource I wouldn't have been able to refresh my memories of the Woodentops family. Thankyou so much Internet Archive. Loved it! loved it! ;D ♥.